Jacksonville man gets life in prison for molesting 7-year-old

Despite a more serious charge of sexual battery being bypassed, a Jacksonville man received a life sentence Wednesday for child molestation.

Circuit Judge Virginia Norton issued the life sentence against James Robert Cox Jr., 32, for one count of lewd or lascivious molestation on a child, court records show.

Prosecutors said Cox inappropriately touched a 7-year-old girl in June 2012 while she was asleep.

He was convicted of the molestation charge in November. Online court records do not indicate why the sexual battery on a minor charge was not prosecuted and attorneys were not available Wednesday evening.

Larry Hannan: (904) 359-4470

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